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Competency 325.1.4: Leadership Ethics - The graduate identifies influences on ethical leadership and analyzes the construction of a code of ethics.

Competency 328.2.1: Social Responsibility - The graduate assesses and develops policies, practices, procedures, and programs that foster organizational ethics and socially responsible corporate behavior.

Competency 328.2.2: Green Management - The graduate identifies essential elements including federal and industry standards of environmental management; determines a systematic approach for setting socially responsible environmental (green) objectives in accordance with organizational directives; and recommends a green emphasis in organizational strategic plans.

Competency 329.4.6: Government Regulation - The graduate analyzes applicable legal and regulatory requirements to determine whether organizations meet legal responsibilities and act with social responsibility.

Scenario:

You are tasked with developing a social responsibility strategy for a client. This is an important assignment as business organizations large and small, domestically and internationally, address issues of sustainability and social responsibility. To be sure, twenty-first century business practices will demand nothing less from companies seeking to add to their triple bottom line (people, planet, profit).

The strategy you develop should include a focus on environmental considerations, sustainable business practices, ethical decision making on the part of the leadership who will implement your plan, and should also be in compliance with all government regulations that affect the industry.

For this task, you will select your client from your actual place of employment, a local small business, or a well-known public company.

Note: Any information that would be considered confidential, proprietary or personal in nature should not be included. Do not include the actual names of people, suppliers, the company, or other identifiable information. Fictional names should be used. Also, company-specific data, including financial information, should not be included but should be addressed in a general fashion as appropriate.

Task:

Note: Your submission may be in a variety of formats (e.g., report, multimedia presentation, video presentation). If a multimedia presentation is selected, speaker notes should be used to include the necessary level of detail.

A. Develop a social responsibility strategy for your chosen client which includes the following components:

1. Environmental considerations and recommendations (planet)

2. Ethical leadership considerations and recommendations (people)

3. Organizational viability considerations and recommendations (profitability)

4. Legal and regulatory considerations and recommendations

Note: This may be a strategy for the company's current product line or service and current business objectives, or it may be a strategy that recommends a new direction for the company.

B. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.

Note: When bulleted points are present in the task prompt, the level of detail or support called for in the rubric refers to those bulleted points.

Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see the Rubric Terms web link included in the Evaluation Procedures section.

Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the paper or project.

Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style, please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the General Instructions section.